Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-29
NORTH CAROLINA.
MORE DELEGATES TO THE ATLANTA
COTTON CONVENTION.
Governor Scales Still Unwell-rhe She'll
Fish COMMISSIONERS Railroads
Current News Notes.
Special telegram to the Dlspat,h. !

RALEIGH, y. C., June 2s.-To-day Gov
trnOr Scales appointed nfty more delegate,
10 the Cotton states Convention at Atlanta.
lie had before appointed about forty Tor
various counties. The Governor was not
sufficiently well 10 he able TO go TO More
head City to-day. a. he had hoped to do.
The Palmetto railway, from Hamlet. ".
C., 10 Cheraw, 5. c.. was completed yea
to-day 10 Pardcc river, mile tins side OF
hcrSw, Snd trains are running through
to-day. The HE Is tn be at once extended
to Camden. ). 6.
The state Shcllfsh Commission, com
posed Of Mes,rs. Griliu. watson, and
Csio, IS at work In PImlico sound establish
ing public oyster grounds. They have
l,ld oil forly.four hundred acres OF such
GROUNDS in Oar county waters. This IL
done under provision Of the special act
Of ibc last Legislature.
TUE STATE And COUNTY FAIRS.
The good crops aud the easier feeling
among the farmers cause much interest IN
all the fairs. About q dozen are 10 be held
Tic coming autumn. besides some in Au-
gust. All Will be- better than usual, 1t il
believed. The graSs.and.srain fair at AShe.
willie August Ah will be new departure,
as will also be the formers encampmcnt and
fir ut M. Holly, CASTOR county, August
lC-l%h.
RAILWAY NEWS.
There is n remarkable degree OF interest
in railway construction all over the state,
ana the record Oi 1857 in the way OF con-
>tluclOn OF new lies will be- the greatest
yet Known.
The stockholders OF The Atlantic and
North Carolina railway hold their aunull
meeting at The Atlantic Hotel, MOrehcld
CITY. Thursday. They will elect directors
on the part OF the private stockholders.
Governor Scales has appointed -iOckhold-
els on the part 81 the. state. The annual
reports Of the officers OF the road will be
particularly gratifying. The net earning,
Mc handsome. The management has been
good. aud the road, once revilcd, i now
popular and in good order. u i not pro.
bILlc that The directors will make any
changes in the officers Of the road.
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.
\ real estate investment company, with
large capital, has been organized at Wit
miuetOn. 1t is intended to push the in
forests Of that city. \ number Of improve.
mcntS are in progress there.
The farmers are very busy with their
crops. The sound Of the wheal-tbrcsher IL
Lcard everywhere. Some new flour j.
already on the market. Its quality is far
above the average.
Mr.. Edward Garner. Of Alamance county,
cut hi, throat Saturday while dclIriOus,
and his injuries are considered fatal.
The country along the line OF the new
Wilson Shortcut railway il improving
very rapidly. Crops are fine, and the farm.
cTs are up with thcir work. The best
crops your correspondent has seen are on
the line OF the Atlantic and North Carolina
railroad, near kin,tOs. They have never
bcon surpassed in the state. Cotton in
Johnston county Is verV well grown and
At least a month ahead Of last season. TIE
ccol night, OF the past four or fiGe days
have pOt been beneficial 10 cotton.
Congressman NicaOls, Of This district,
has appointed bis son, Emmett \. Nichol..
10 Wes' Point radctShip, and ne will stand
q ~ II. Merritt. Of Chatham county.
The Fourth regiment, North Ciroljnl
state Guard, and one company % the
Third will 20 into camp At Morchell Tor a
week ca.ly next month.
Rockingham was swept by fire last il'l,
and has recovered slowly. steps arc being
taken 10 at once rebuild the burned ais.
'ut.
II i pow pretty generally agreed that
the South Atlantic and Northwestern rail.
way is deiuncr, ana that the people who
20 snxiously looked for the road VIII all be
The company has PLAYED
out. 1t is only question of tine. how.
ever, when the Capc-Fear and lldkn-
Valley road will be extended to Wilmiag.
ton or Smithville.
Two prisoners, William Johnson and
James Ward, ESCAPED from Jackson coun-
y Jail Saturday 10y oyeTpOwering ths jlli- |
re- wife when she entered their cell 10 1--WE |
h EN- dinner. They took the keys, opened |
he doors. and Aed.
I'll Wilmington Messenger, the largest |
lailV IN the site, appears tomorrow |
morning.
1lc board OF assessors fixed the value OF |
he Atlantic, Tennessee and ONO riilNay |
n S2N0.OOO. This road is in lrcdell add |
\, cklehburg counties. and eX'ends from |
,iatCsville 10 Charlotte. Tue sd is by is
'haIter exempted from t1X,tlon for a Pc
rod Il twenty years after lis completion.
Il j. now being extended 10 lIYlorsyilic,
md J., u 20 10 JOncSbOrO', Tenn. lts
i>.tSsmCnt was therefore a mere mItter OF
orm.
4 rorTai, in oil. liie-size, Of q p late As-
ID este. Justice Tnpmls : \ he, Of the 81.
rene Court, has been presented 10 IN.
tai Al d viii BE- placed in The new court.
Orm
The Methodist District Conference At Ia
iIauge adjourned yesterday. sunday
},bop Duncan preached very able ser
Lon. The attendance was iarse.